Meet 2022 Award Recipient
Gabriela Frid
Gaby came to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in Biomedical Engineering. Before coming to Sinai, Gaby worked as a healthcare technology consultant for the Affordable Care Act. She entered the MD program in 2018.
While at Sinai, Gaby was an active volunteer at in the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP), the ISMMS student-run free clinic. She served as a clinic manager, Chronic Care Senior, and is most proud of her role as Chief Teaching Senior of the Women's Health Clinic. She was also a volunteer and curriculum chair for middle school and high school enrichment programs, MedStart and Medical Discovery of Careers (MedDOCs), as well as the ACCESS lead of the Mount Sinai Human Rights Program (MSHRP), advocating for U.S. asylum seekers. She published three articles in peer-reviewed journals and was elected into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Gaby would like to thank her partner Logan, her parents Bryan and Anna, her friends, and her mentors, including Dr. Katherine Chen, Dr. Farina Nentin, Dr. Ann Tran, and Dr. Brian Coakley.
Gaby will graduate with her MD degree and continue her residency training in OB/GYN at NYP-Hospital Columbia University.